Monday, March 23, 2009

Sue's House, Part Three

Last time, I gave you a glimpse of Jenny's undersea kaleidoscope quilt. Here's Jenny holding up her quilt top:

She did such a beautiful job on the kaleidoscopes! Synchronized swimming mermaids.

Neat, huh? Beautiful job, Jenny.

And here's a cutie quilt top by Carol, who is standing behind the quilt holding it up so you can't see her:

I love the boney border!

After the quilt show and tell, I wandered upstairs to find Sue's sewing room. Here is the stair landing:

Look at all that storage! I love the curvy lines.

A peek at the view in her bedroom. How would you like to wake up to this view every morning?

I eventually found the sewing room. It was marvelous. Stunning. As a matter of fact, I think I was so stunned that I forgot to take good pictures. Has that ever happened to you? There's so much to see that you just can't seem to put the camera between your eyes and what you're gawking at? That was me. So believe me, this sewing room was soooo much more than my slightly crummy pictures. I wish you could've seen it in person!

Of course, I kept getting stunned by the view. Deer in headlights, you know?

Built-ins everywhere. A sink. Miles of counter space. Acres of room to create in.

Uh oh. Someone please take the camera away from me. I'm fixated on the view. I didn't even take a picture of the sewing area. Or all the storage! Or the thousands of drawers and cupboards.

Oh well, maybe next time I'll be more immune to the view and I'll be able to get better sewing room pictures. Man. Did you see that sewing room view???

Back at home, I finally finished quilting the thread-eating quilt. I'm not going to even talk about all the thread blobs on the back. Meh.

I also have been knitting a lot in between thread break tantrums. I've finished socks, two hats, a scarf, and started a shawl! Here's the scarf:

Yummy yummy Cascade Baby Alpaca. The color of strawberry ice cream.

A close up of the pattern. The pattern is Stephanie Pearl McPhee's "One Row Scarf," available on Ravelry. Here's the link for all you Ravelers:

All those built ins are WONDERFUL......how terrific to have so much storage available. I am loving that view, too. AND...yes...the next time you go back....do more photos of that sewing room...maybe even her stash?? LOL (What lucky fabric to live in such a place!!! hehehe) I love the way the mermaids are positioned on your friend's kaleidoscope quilt. PRETTY scarf, too. GREAT post, Lisa!

Hey at least your pictures are clearly from an upright position. I probably would have fallen down at the sight of storage and a view seeing as I currently have neither. LOL Those quilts are amazing!! I love the mermaids especially.Your scarf looks yummy. What socks did you make?

I love your scarf. One of these days I really must learn to knit. My 12 year old daughter knows, but not me. And now looking at your beautiful scarf, on such a cold Seattle morning, I have scarf envy!Cheers,Dionne

Her sewing room alone and all that view is the size of my whole house...to dream huh? Just love your sharf and that color is so pretty. Might have to go look for that color and as soon as the weather gets cool again start on one.